KIII, is an ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 affiliate television station broadcasting on digital channel 8 in Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...

. It is owned by the London Broadcasting Company, though licensed under "KIII License Company, LLC" in the FCC database. Syndicated programming on KIII includes: Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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, Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men

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, Judge Judy

Judge Judy

Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...

, Wheel Of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)

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and Live with Regis and Kelly

Live with Regis and Kelly

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History

It was first put on the air in 1964 by McKinnon Broadcasting

McKinnon Broadcasting

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. KIII-TV has been a South Texas Tradition ever since. , Channel 3 has established a programming philosophy which sets KIII-TV apart as a market leader. The Hispanic community's allegiance to KIII began with The Domingo Pena Show in 1964 and grows stronger each year. Local news, local special events and a never ending dedication to local public service has earned KIII the reputation as one of the most admired ABC affiliates in America.

In 1969, KIII started a satellite, KXIX-TV channel 19, to bring ABC programming to Victoria, Texas

Victoria, Texas

Victoria is a city in and the seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 60,603 at the 2000 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 at the 2000 census,...

. In 1976, it was sold to local ownership. It now operates as Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 affiliate KVCT

KVCT

KVCT is a television station in Victoria, Texas, broadcasting locally on digital channel 11 as a Fox affiliate.KVCT is part of a combo of six Victoria-area television stations owned by Saga Communications, anchored by KAVU-TV. As a result, it broadcasts a KAVU-produced 9 p.m...

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On April 29, 2010 it was announced that KIII-TV is in the process of selling this station to London Broadcasting Company, which the sale was closed on August 31. KIII-TV News in HD premiered on September 18,2011 which included a remodeled news set and new graphics.

Digital television

KIII broadcasts on digital channel 8. The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels>

Channel	Name	Programming
3.1	KIII-HD	Main KIII programming / ABC
3.2	KIII-SD	Me-TV

Anchor line-ups

3 NEWS Anchors

• Joe Gazin: 3 NEWS at Six, Ten anchor [1977-]
• Katia Uriarte: 3 NEWS at Five, Six & Ten co-anchor [2004-]
• Rudy Treviño: 3 NEWS at Five anchor/ Weekday reporter [2005-]
• John Thomas: 3 NEWS First Edition anchor [2011-]
• Jessica James: 3 NEWS Weekend anchor/ Weekday reporter [2011-]
• Kim Passoth: 3 NEWS First Edition Weekend anchor/ Weekday reporter [2010-]

3 NEWS Reporters

• Michael Gibson: Regional Edward R. Murrow award winner. [2004-]
• Bill Churchwell [2007-]
• Mike DaSilva [2010-]
• Dave Johnson Freelance Reporter (Previously Worked for KIII 2000-2006)

3 NEWS Weather

• Bill Vessey: 3 NEWS at Five, Six, Ten chief meteorologist (AMS Broadcast Certified Meteorologist) [1979-1980, 1992-]
• Caitilin Espinosa: 3 NEWS First Edition meteorologist [2010-]
• Kristin Diaz: 3 NEWS Weekend meteorologist/ Weekday reporter [2011-]

3 NEWS Sports

• Dan McReynolds: 3 NEWS at Six, Ten sports director [1985-]
• Chris Thomasson: 3 News Weekend [2008-]

Newscast titles

• KIII-TV News (1964-1966)
• The South Texas Report (1966-1968)
• Newsnight (1968-1970)
• TV-3 News (1970-1977)
• 3 Eyewitness News
  Eyewitness News
  Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
  
  (1977–2000)
• 3 News (2000–present)

Station slogans

• More Local News (2000–present)
• The South Texas News Leader (2000–present)

External links

• Official site